Chapter 84, 25 verses
When the heaven bursts asunder,
Itha alssamao inshaqqat
When the sky has split [open]
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. When the heaven is split asunder,
And obeys its Lord and it must.
Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]
And listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must do so.
And when the earth is stretched,
Waitha alardu muddat
And when the earth has been extended
And when the earth is stretched forth,
And casts forth what is in it and becomes empty,
Waalqat ma feeha watakhallat
And has cast out that within it and relinquished [it]
And has cast out all that was in it and became empty.
And obeys its Lord and it must.
Waathinat lirabbiha wahuqqat
And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] -
And listens to and obeys its Lord - and it must do so.
O man! surely you must strive (to attain) to your Lord, a hard striving until you meet Him.
Ya ayyuha alinsanu innaka kadihun ila rabbika kadhan famulaqeehi
O mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion and will meet it.
O man! Verily, you are returning towards your Lord with your deeds and actions (good or bad), a sure returning, and you will meet (the results of your deeds which you did).
Then as to him who is given his book in his right hand,
Faama man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi
Then as for he who is given his record in his right hand,
Then as for him who will be given his Record in his right hand,
He shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning,
Fasawfa yuhasabu hisaban yaseeran
He will be judged with an easy account
He surely will receive an easy reckoning,
And he shall go back to his people joyful.
Wayanqalibu ila ahlihi masrooran
And return to his people in happiness.
And will return to his family in joy!
And as to him who is given his book behind his back,
Waamma man ootiya kitabahu waraa thahrihi
But as for he who is given his record behind his back,
But whosoever is given his Record behind his back,
He shall call for perdition,
Fasawfa yadAAoo thubooran
He will cry out for destruction
He will invoke (for his) destruction,
And enter into burning fire.
Wayasla saAAeeran
And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.
And he shall enter a blazing Fire, and be made to taste its burning.
Surely he was (erstwhile) joyful among his followers.
Innahu kana fee ahlihi masrooran
Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;
Verily, he was among his people in joy!
Surely he thought that he would never return.
Innahu thanna an lan yahoora
Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allah].
Verily, he thought that he would never come back (to Us)!
Yea! surely his Lord does ever see him.
Bala inna rabbahu kana bihi baseeran
But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever of him, Seeing.
Yes! Verily, his Lord has been ever beholding him!
But nay! I swear by the sunset redness,
Fala oqsimu bialshshafaqi
So I swear by the twilight glow
So I swear by the afterglow of sunset;
And the night and that which it drives on,
Waallayli wama wasaqa
And [by] the night and what it envelops
And by the night and whatever it gathers in its darkness,
And the moon when it grows full,
Waalqamari itha ittasaqa
And [by] the moon when it becomes full
And by the moon when it is at the full.
That you shall most certainly enter one state after another.
Latarkabunna tabaqan AAan tabaqin
[That] you will surely experience state after state.
You shall certainly travel from stage to stage (in this life and in the Hereafter).
But what is the matter with them that they do not believe,
Fama lahum la yuminoona
So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe,
What is the matter with them, that they believe not?
And when the Quran is recited to them they do not make obeisance?
Waitha quria AAalayhimu alquranu la yasjudoona
And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allah]?
And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they fall not prostrate.
Nay! those who disbelieve give the lie to the truth.
Bali allatheena kafaroo yukaththiboona
But those who have disbelieved deny,
Nay, those who disbelieve belie (Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and whatever he brought, i.e. this Qur'an and Islamic Monotheism, etc.).
And Allah knows best what they hide,
WaAllahu aAAlamu bima yooAAoona
And Allah is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.
And Allah knows best what they gather (of good and bad deeds),
So announce to them a painful punishment~
Fabashshirhum biAAathabin aleemin
So give them tidings of a painful punishment,
So announce to them a painful torment.
Except those who believe and do good; for them is a reward that shall never be cut off.
Illa allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati lahum ajrun ghayru mamnoonin
Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds. For them is a reward uninterrupted.
Save those who believe and do righteous good deeds, for them is a reward that will never come to an end (i.e. Paradise).